I'm doing 43 things
Now I grow chives, continental parsley, basil and rosemary on my balcony. But, just between you and me, the rosemary’s not looking too good.
Deborah's Life List
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1. Glorify God and enjoy him forever
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2. Live and work overseas for a year
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3. Learn Japanese again
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4. Learn how to speak Welsh
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5. Buy a bike and ride it everywhere
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6. Always be reading a really good book
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7. Pray on my knees
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8. Pay off all my debts
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9. read every book I own
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10. Be more articulate
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11. Learn how to crochet again
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12. Serve God and establish the kingdom through my work
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13. Get out of bed earlier
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14. Scan old family photographs
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15. Buy a piano
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16. Learn to knit cables
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17. Learn how to cook everything from scratch
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18. Learn how to sew my own clothes
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19. Find a haircut that suits me
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20. Write every day
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21. Read more books about covenant theology
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22. Go to the Port Fairy Folk Festival
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23. Redesign my website
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24. Lose five kilos
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25. Read the whole Bible
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26. Get married
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27. Practise hospitality
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28. Get a postgraduate degree
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29. Go back home to live in Queensland
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30. Get something published
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31. Be more encouraging to other Christians
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32. Be generous with my time, possessions and love
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33. Take guitar lessons
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34. Collect and memorise beautiful quotes
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35. Develop and encourage a sense of place
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36. Volunteer as an election day official
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37. Figure out how to do my job properly
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38. Get my nose pierced
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39. Go to the dentist
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40. Make Bircher Muesli
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41. Pray the hours
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42. Seek authenticity in all things
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43. Get some new specs frames
1 person
Recent entries
I ran out of the little herbal pills and spare cash over the holidays, so was more or less forced to, and am now feeling pretty happy. I took St Johns Wort for most of the last three years of university, and all of the first year of working. I found it helped me subdue and slow those anxious, depressive thoughts until I could figure out ways to manage them, but I probably should have talked to a doctor as well. You’ve got to look after yourselves, kids.
